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on rice; Siripur, on rice; Manickganj, on rice; Nagpur, on rice ; 

 Bhandara, on rice; Balaghat, on rice; Mayorbhanj, on rice; Trincomali, 

 on rice ; Partabgarh, on rice ; Benipur (Bihar), on rice ; Jhansi ; Cawn- 

 pur ; Khunti ; Bihta ; and Lakhimpur. It is a serious pest of rice, 

 especially in Assam, sucking the developing grain so that it is not 

 formed. Control by keeping bunds and other areas adjacent to paddy 

 fields clear of wild grasses and by use of hand-nets. 



We get it generally on the borders of the paddy fields and we use- 

 hand-nets with advantage. Ten, twenty or thirty acres can be treated' 

 in this way. It usually occurs mostly along the margins of the fields 

 and, when netting or bagging is done, there is a likehbood of its going 

 right into the field. The cultivators are beginning to take up this 

 method of control. 



It is very bad in Assam and bagging has been found to be very 

 difficult. The bug is attracted to rotting flesh. We discovered a number 

 of bugs clustering around a squashed frog, not only on the dead body 

 but also on the juice which was oozing out. Both nymphs and adults 

 were found on it. We tried frogs and found that decomposing frogs 

 do attract the bugs. 



At Pusa we found that the squashed bugs attracted a small fly in 

 large numbers. 



Leptocorisa cmita, Thnbg. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 410. 



We have specimens, supposed to be L. acuta, from Chapra, on rice ; 

 Kiirseong ; Khasis ; Phoobsering (Darjiliug) ; Bassein Fort ; and Tatkon, 

 on sugarcane. 



In its habits it seems exactly similar to varicornis and I cannot 

 distinguish it as distinct. 



I found this insect clustering on guava leaves between 9 and 10 a.m. 

 at several places and on several occasions. 



I have seen L. varicornis swarming at noon-time during the heat of 

 the day, leaving the rice-fields then and flying about amongst gram. 

 Mr. Jhaveri's case may be the same. 



There were no rice-fields nearby. 



Riptwtus fedestris, Fb. 



Dist., F. I. Rhyn., I. 414, f. 244 ; S. Ind. Ins., pp. 480-481, f. 



364 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 45, 48, 52, 57, 60, 307 . 



We have this from Pusa, on tur, cowpea, val (DolicJios lahlah), 



P. mungo, P. radiatiis ; Lebong ; Manikganj ; and Coimbatore. It is 



a minor pest of pulses. 



